Israel’s new fence turns Palestinian town into open-air prison, residents say – Middle East Monitor

A new Israeli wire fence is being erected on the outskirts of Sinjil, a Palestinian town north of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.

The barrier – 1,500 metres (4,921 feet) long and six metres (20 feet) high – Palestinians say, is turning their hometown, home to nearly 6,000 people, into a walled prison controlled by a single Israeli occupation soldier stationed at a locked gate.

lsraeI is building a 6m high wire around the village of Sinjil in the…